Red hat linux 7.1 problem................????
hi,
i have installed rhl 7.1 and have two realtek 8139 10/100 ethernet adapters. have a dedicated internet connection .
have a static non routable ip address.
the problem is linux fails to initialize any of them.
says............."Delaying eth0 or eth1 initialization [Failed]."
tried enabling one and disabling one and vice versa every possible combination.
any help......................please


PC config:
amd 600 mhz
asus m/b
256 ram
20 gb samsung hdd
17 gb seagate hdd
2 rtl8139 10/100 ethernet lan cards
56 motorola internal modem.
pci 128 vibra creative sound

are you getting this error upon boot ??

Yes i am getting this error during bootup..............

what kind of output do you get with ifconfig ?? also was it ever working before in Linux ??

no it never worked in linux.................but working very well in winXP, 98,2k etc.
ifconfig just gives me info abt local loopback(127.0.0.1) only.


i tried probing eth0 and eth1
but it says..........can't locate module eth0 or eth1.
modules.conf is newer then modules.dep
network is unreachable
etc.....................

and you have all the correct settings in place, IP, DNS, gateway... etc ?? its like your ethernet cards are working, but it can't find the network to initialise them... double check your settings is first thing i would do. most distro's you can use netconfig to do this..

ifconfig gives lo only ,then
try
#ifconfig eth0 up
#ifconfig eth1 up
or take netconf(#netconf ) utility and in basic host conf.... check whether adapter 1 and 2 are enabled,
and the module field for each are not empty...?

if any error during ifconfig,
then use the command lsmod to find whether 8139 modules has been inserted,u must find a line
rtl8139 xxxx x xxxx as output.
if not present
then try
#modprobe 8139too
or is it #modprobe 8139 ?

bye
anoop

hey guys.............
on listing modules using lsmod there is no entry for rtl8139.
tried using insmod 8139 and insmod rtl8139 , but says
' no module with such name can be found.'
modprobe says 'cant find module.'
tried service network restart.............same 'delaying eth0/1 initilization. '.........[failed]
checked netconf..............adapter 1/2 are enabled and in the module field i have selected rtl8139.
all the ip addresses are entered properly.

Try modprobe "8139too" or "modprobe 8139too.o".
Some newer distros (or is it a kernel thing?) use the 8139too.o module instead of the older rtl8139.o module. Note that the 8139too.o module has no "rtl" prefix in its name.

In /etc/modules.conf (might be /etc/conf.modules in your distro), what driver is listed in the alias lines for eth0 and eth1?

What exactly are the IPs of eth0 and eth1?

Does any info for the cards show up in the output of the lspci command?

What is the airspeed veloci- oh, nevermind...

Try this:

Edit your /etc/modules.conf file and add, or edit it to match this:

alias eth0 8139too

Now, type modprobe 8139too

Next, edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

It SHOULD look something like this:

DEVICE=eth0 <---- For the first card.
BOOTPROTO=static <--- Static ip? YES
BROADCAST=xx.xx.xxx.255 <--put whatever there, or comment it
IPADDR=xx.xx.xx.xx <--- YOUR IP
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=xx.xx.xx.x <--- YOUR GATEWAY
ONBOOT=yes


After you do that, you will need to type ifup eth0

And if everything worked out ok, then it should be working.